Design 1st
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Big news! Clutch.co recognizes Design 1st as a Top Canadian B2B Provider in Creative & Design Services for 2021. The Clutch Leader Awards recognize companies' commitment to building their expertise, providing stellar customer service, and producing high-quality results for clients. Our clients are our most cherished asset and we’re committed to delivering an unmatched level of service and a proven design process to ensure their success,... - Kevin Bailey, CEO, Design 1st. Read the full release: https://www.design1st.com/clutch-2021-top-canadian-b2b-pro/

Exciting News! Design 1st in partnership with our client Momentum IoT won the 2021 IoT Excellence award for the Eagle 1 GPS Fleet tracking device. The award honors innovative products that gather data from sensors for business decisions. We’re honored to receive the 2020 IoT Excellence Award. As a custom electronics and physical product design company, we strive for innovation excellence in all phases of the product development lifecycle and this is why companies turn to u...s to help them develop and deliver successful products to market. Working with Momentum IoT was no exception" - Kevin Bailey, CEO, Design 1st Read the full news release: https://www.design1st.com/2021-iot-excellence-award/ IoT Evolution Expo Ioterra #hardwarestartup #productdesign

Hot off the press! Design 1st momentum news release on company highlights in 2020 including: - 16% growth in new client projects - 20% employee growth - 70 new products delivered to market... https://www.design1st.com/design-1st-demonstrates-signific/

Design 1st President Kevin Bailey gave expert analysis on CBC Go Public's investigation of an inventor’s complaint that Tim Horton’s took their idea. Ahead of the interview with CBC Dragons' Den host Diane Buckner, Kevin ran an in-house experiment looking at how likely it would be for separate individuals to come up with similar product designs. The experiment gave three Design 1st product designers the challenge of designing a hands-free lid applicator without any prior know...ledge of the situation. The result: eight different types of applications and none matched the inventor's solution. Watch the Go Public segment and read the full article below: #productdesign #inventions

Going from idea to store shelves in one year is tough! Discover the process Design 1st client Lily Chillers used to beat the odds and launch a successful product. via Authority Magazine... #productdesign #enterpreneur https://medium.com//meet-the-inventors-john-smith-of-lily-

Congrats to D1 client Epiphan Video on the product launch of your Pearl Nano! We had a blast helping design, prototype, and manufacture the newest member of the Epiphan product family. #videoproduction #hardware #productdesign... https://www.epiphan.com/

Launching a new physical product e-commerce business is tough. Even with a great idea, funding, and hungry customers the risk is high. Learn how D1 client Lily Chillers beat the odds and went from proof-of-function prototype to volume manufacturing and e-commerce sales in one year.... https://www.design1st.com/how-to-manufacture-a-prototype/ #productdesign #prototyping

Did you know Canada is home to a thriving ecosystem of wearable hardware startups? Discover the leading companies: NeuroTracker Nymi Muse Hexoskin iMerciv Inc.... https://www.design1st.com/canadas-top-10-wearable-startups/ #productdesign #prototyping #hardwarestartup

Exciting News! Design 1st is sponsoring LaunchBoom's 'Crowdfunded Summit 2020'. We will be providing the 'Lightning Strikes Here Award' for the most promising mass-market product concept leveraging sensor technology. The winner will receive $10,000 worth of design research services. Stay tuned for the winner!... https://crowdfundedsummit.com/

Not all prototypes can be 3D printed in the lab, some arrive at the Design 1st office by crane! Take a look at the work we did for SkyX - a global leader in autonomous drone surveillance technology. https://portfolio.design1st.com/projects/drone-surveillance

Canadian Doctor's are rolling up their sleeves and diving headfirst into entrepreneurship to solve problems fast. The result? A range of new doctor-led medical device startups are launching across the country! Learn how Design 1st is helping Doctor's bring new innovation to market.... https://www.design1st.com/9-doctor-led-medical-device-star/

Exciting News! Design 1st client Cloud9 Technologies has closed a $17.5M Series B round. Design 1st helps Cloud9 design, engineer and manufacture their industry-leading VOIP platform for wall street traders. Learn more about our work with Cloud 9:... https://www.design1st.com/portfolio/cloud9/ See more

Did you know Design 1st helped develop a Smartphone Vital Sign monitoring device for Lenovo? The connected finger cuff device checks 5 vital signs in 2 minutes. A helpful tool for virtual healthcare. https://www.design1st.com/medical-device-development/... #medicaldevice #productdesign

Congrats to Design 1st client Lily Chillers on your product launch! https://lilychillers.com/

Ever wonder how massive mining trucks avoid obstacles? Design 1st found out first-hand during the development of Neptec Technologies Corp. 3D LiDar detection device. The rugged scanner was designed for harsh environments including extended temperature ranges and excessive shock and vibration scenarios.... The autonomous device is mounted on mining equipment and scans environments in 3D providing real-time object recognition and classification, even when stationary. Here is why Neptec chose Design 1st: "We needed an up and running engineering team and we needed them right away. We found that Design 1st had a lot of interesting ideas and paths that we probably wouldn't have thought of because they have rugged electronics experience." - Derek Butler, Director Engineering https://www.design1st.com/portfolio/neptec/

Choosing the right product design firm is tough. For Molecule CTO Kurt Francis, picking Design 1st came down to in-house technical expertise. "Design 1st had the deepest bench for technical capabilities"... Learn more about Design 1st work with Molecule here: https://www.design1st.com/desiccant-nanomaterial-prototype/

New Design 1st Case Study! Learn how we helped GeoSight develop the toughest 3D LiDAR Scanner in the mining industry. The watertight rugged 2.5-inch diameter scanner can travel 100m down a mining borehole and uses Corning Gorilla Glass to ensure a wear-resistant camera viewing port.... View full PDF here: https://design1st.com/geosight-case-study.pdf . . . #mining #productdesign #LiDAR #scanner #prototype #casestudy Underground Mining Equipment Mineexpo, Las Vegas MINExpo INTERNATIONAL

Stopping the spread of viruses is on everyone's mind. Here are the 7 hardware trends we see developing to help communities and people stay healthy: 1) Personal Air Purifiers... 2) Personal Protection Equipment 3) UV Light Sanitizers 4) Portable Sanitation Stations 5) Cashless Pay Stations 6) Remote Patient Monitoring 7) Contactless Vital Sign Measurements https://www.design1st.com/top-7-hardware-trends-to-stop-sp/

Congratulations to Design 1st client Molecule on winning ‘Innovation of the Year’ at The Irish Laboratory Awards in March 2020. The award recognizes the unique properties of Molecule’s sponge-like nanomaterial in creating water from thin air. Molecule chose Design 1st to help transform their material into a physical prototype for commercial HVAC testing. Learn how:... https://www.design1st.com/desiccant-nanomaterial-prototyp/

Learn how Design 1st is supporting our customers and community during the COVID-19 crisis. https://www.design1st.com/design-1st-response-to-covid-19/

Attending the annual International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is a product designer’s version of visiting Santa’s workshop. New gadgets, technology and innovation fresh out of the R&D lab are put on display. This results in a flood of new ideas that can impact the direction of existing and future projects. Explore our highlights from International CES - Consumer Electronics Show 2020 including:... - Robotic hardware startup pitch - Future of foldable screen technology - Product design industry sessions https://www.design1st.com/ces2020-product-design-review/

A creative product design team can tackle a lot in 365 days. We rounded up our favorite 2019 highlights to give you a glimpse of life at Design 1st https://www.design1st.com/looking-back-at-2019-infographic/... #ottawa #productdesign #industrialdesign #productdevelopment #iot #embedded #firmware #prototyping

Design 1st is on the ground at CES 2020 for one more day! Want to meet up? Get in touch. Highlights so far: - Robotic Hardware Startup pitch... - Industry Talk: Revolutionizing Package Design - Exploring foldable screen technology - Testing biometric security hardware - Meeting with our favorite clients, partners and suppliers including Digi-Key Electronics Silicon Labs Formlabs Cypress Semiconductor Corporation Photos to come soon.

Big congrats to Design 1st client TritonWear on being selected by Swimming Canada as its 'Offical Training Technology' This technology allows us to gain insights into daily training, and to develop unique training tools that allow our experts to look at details of swimming skill performance that are otherwise extremely difficult to measure and understand. -Allan Wrigley, Team Director - Swimming Canada... Our new hardware is much more sophisticated...offering brand new world-class AI to help coaches and athletes alike become better in the sport, and produce faster swimming." - Tristan Lehari, CEO TrintonWear via BetaKit #toronto #canada #swimming #productdesign #iot https://betakit.com/swimming-canada-selects-tritonwear-as-/

Discover how Design 1st is helping Waterotor Energy Technologies inc. commercialize seven years of hydrokinetic energy R&D to bring affordable electricity to communities around the globe. #cleantech #prototype #engineering #productdevelopment

Design 1st's ability to identify and eliminate design risk and deliver an amazing user experience is now paying dividends as sales grow. Design 1st helped us realize our vision, and provided a quality manufacturing solution, allowing us to sign an exclusive distribution agreement with Cable Prep - Josh Guimond, Founder - Heatprep